cmor15
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What bike were you riding and where are the pics?Just finished a 6 month, 20,000 km motorcycle trip across 8 Asian countries.
Check it out!
The Harsh Barge:
www.theharshbarge.blogspot.com
Heres some things that happened along the way:
- Total probably about 30 flat tires
- Ran over a goat on the highway in Sumatra
- A bird hit me in the chest in Sumatra.
- In Vietnam my rear suspension blew out on a curve, leaving entire wheel crooked (didn't crash!).
- In India I Got hit by a car on the highway, fell off bike and a 10-wheel truck ran over my foot. Fractured 3rd metatarsal and skinned toes (Tip: don't wear flip-flops)
- Fell off an 8 foot ledge in Nepal, bike landed on top of me.
- In Sumatra I rode off a rice field trail into a stream, bike on top of me in the water with gas pouring out.
- Never once payed to sleep! --Camping, Roughing it, Sleeping in temples etc..
- Got stranded in the Kashmir Himalayas, with no mechanic or gas station for 500km, no spark plug, pushed bike for 25 km and found a settlement of tents, eventually met another motorcyclist with fitting spark plug.
- Rode over the 2nd highest motorable road mountain pass in the world in Kashmir
- Rode into a pit of knee-high mud in Vietnam
- Tire blowout on Bangkok highway and another in traffic jam.
- Towed my buddy's motorcycle 200 km in India
Now I get to go back to my beloved FZ6 soon!
Terrific read. Thanks for sharing your adventures. Brew yourselves a pot of cat poo, add a lump of coal, and read up, folks!
(WC = Water Closet )
What bike were you riding and where are the pics?
Neil